Originally published December 24, 2014 Do you sometimes feel braggy when crafting your CV or résumé? Do you think you come across as cocky during job interviews? Crazy thing is that in business – and job hunting is your business – it’s not bragging at all. It’s marketing. More to the point, it’s self-marketing, or…
Originally published November 7, 2014 In the life of every great house – let’s just pretend that houses have lives – there are many shifts in furniture, fixtures, accessories, appliances… When my house began its minimalist movement earlier this year, first steps were tiny. Following a visit last evening from an aspiring interior designer (we’ll…
Originally published July 7, 2014 It happened one Friday. Specifically, it happened Friday before last. In a casual conversation about careers and projects, someone made a remark to me. It’s not important who said it, what was said, how it was said, or even whether it meant anything. Suffice it to say that the comment…
Originally published July 5, 2014 I haven’t become any more athletic since last posting a sports analogy for my career decisions. If anything, I’ve done more fumbling. My sister coerced me into joining her and some friends on a fishing trip one early morning in May. I was reluctant to fish, though I was eager…
Originally published June 27, 2014 I’m not athletic. In fact, the closest I’ve come to active participation in sports is that one basketball game I played in high school. That was the first game I allowed myself to be coaxed into playing and the last time the rest of the team cared to lose that…
Originally published June 21, 2014 I’ve never been a big fan of beauty pageants. I’m still not entirely won over on them. There is one pageant in Philly, though, that has stood for something that helps young Latinas find their voices and in so, inspire a young generation. I’m speaking, of course, of Miss Puerto…
Originally published June 5, 2014 Today I’m taking a page from my own book – yes, I’m still writing a bunch of books that I’m not writing – and looking at ways I can practice what I preach. Recent life events – increased career day appearances, office management consultation, business plan consultation – positioned me…
Originally published April 10, 2014 Today I take a page from my mothers’ book on encouraging children. On this morning’s commute to work, I sat across from and overheard – mainly because he was being particularly loud, almost as if for an audience – a father berate his very young daughter. In particular, he rode…
Originally published April 8, 2014 Grammatical nightmare aside, there is some value in remembering where you began, the place where you got your start. It’s humbling, and humility is a refreshing quality in an age of inflated egos. It’s a way to gauge achievements and progress toward goals. It’s a healthy reminder of your power…
Originally published January 20, 2014 A few weeks ago (or earlier this month or earlier this year or some short weeks back, whichever gets you to January 7th in your mind), an esteemed coworker, who shall remain nameless, posted this blog entry, in which he distills the wisdom of his now (as of January 18th)…
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